Multiple property owners in one of San Francisco’s most fraught, historical neighborhoods have banded together to complain to local officials about the “deteriorating” state of the area.
An unknown number of Tenderloin businesses are demanding the city of San Francisco refund about a year’s worth of taxes and remove alleged drug dealers from the neighborhood, they said in a December petition.
The group, the Tenderloin Business Coalition, claims that “open air drug dealing” and weak law enforcement have directly impacted businesses and pushed the neighborhood to the brink of collapse. “Our streets are dominated by criminals who prey on the entire community, precluding the healthy and normal activity requisite for viable commerce,” its statement reads. “While efforts have been made to address the problem, they are not enough to save our businesses!” In addition to the tax refund and “immediate removal of all drug dealers from the streets of the Tenderloin,” the group wants “rigorous” law enforcement and a meeting with the mayor. The coalition did not define what it means by “rigorous” law enforcement and did not respond to SFGATE’s request for comment.
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